Latching onto a perfectly-weighted pass from Shinji Kagawa, the 19-year-old calmly lifted the ball over the onrushing Oliver Baumann before sidefooting into the unguarded net, completing a 2-1 victory which extends Peter Stöger’s winning start to life in the SIGNAL IDUNA PARK hot seat.

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“I made a run and Shinji played almost the perfect ball,” Pulisic told bundesliga.com afterwards. “I think it got a little deflected, but I touched it right around the keeper and it was an easy finish from there.”

The Hershey-native would be the first to admit he has not scored as many goals as he would have hoped this season - Saturday’s late winner was only his third league strike of 2017/18 - yet Pulisic has been a pillar of consistency for Dortmund throughout a trying campaign, starting 14 of BVB’s 17 league encounters and proving a handful for opposition defenders with his pace and quick feet.

“It’s amazing, something I’m very proud of,” said the midfielder, who is the youngest ever player to win the award. “It’s been a crazy journey. I can’t wait to see what’s going to happen in the next few months. I’m just really excited about starting the new year. I think I’m ready to make another step, and hopefully some success will come with that.”